Locomotive tender



y 29, 1934- J. w. MYERS 1,961,071

LOCOMOTIVE TENDER Filed July 28. 1932 'I INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

underframe and providing extensible and conpresent invention. It is sufficient for purposes of Patented May 29, 1934 1,511,071

LOCOMOTIVE TENDER John W. Myers, Roanoke, Va., assignor to The Standard Stoker Company, Incorporated, a corporation of Delaware Application July 28, 1932, Serial No. 625,279 11 Claims. (Cl. 105-234) My present invention appertains to locomotive aperture is partially opened or closed by shiftable tenders or similar rolling stock of the class plates which are of well known construction. equipped with fuel conveying mechanism. The compartment 17 is of suitable size to receive The main object of this invention is the prothe movably mounted stoker conveyor indicated 5 vision of an improved locomotive tender or like as a whole by the numeral 21. This conveyor is 6G carrier of the class described. More specifically of the type that swings sidewise about a vertical the invention resides in the improvement conaXis and rocks vertically about a transversely eX- sisting in mounting the motor or prime mover of tending horizontal axis. The specific mounting the conveying mechanism underneath the main construction of the conveyor forms no part of my tractible drive means between the motor and the description to point out here that the conveyor 60 fuel conveyor which is disposed above the under swings sidewise about the vertical pivot pin 22 frame in communication with the fuel bunker. and that it rocks vertically about the transverse Another object of the invention is to provide a foot members 23. novel mounting arrangement for the motor on The stoker conveyor is comp of the trough the underside of the underirame comprising the 24 Within which is revolvably mounted the conformation of a bracket or guideway extending l W A 1101181118 26 at t e earward end transversely of one longitudinal side portion of Of the t ug e c o e h pinion 27 and the gear the frame for carrying the motor and permitting 28. The latter is connected in any well known a of its replacement from one side of the tend r, manner, not shown, to the rearward end of the While the aforesaid mounting arrangement screw 25.

may be used with all classes of tenders of the Motion is imparted e W h ough the characterspecified, the other features of my ina i m the motor p m mOVeI 30 P vention are particularly applicable with tenders honed underneath the main frame 11 a p nfi m; equipped with stoker conveyors of the movable rearward of the stoker conveyor. r this D type, By movable type, I mean those that are pose the power shaft 31 of the motor carries a mounted on the tender to swing sidewise, to rock universal joint 32 which is connected to the rearvertically, or to move longitudinally of the tender Wa d sect on of he c d forwardly eXtending during normal operation of the locomotive and ex si l a d Contractible drive Shaft, D

. its tender and stoker device. This form of tender ing the telescopic e t o 3 a d pa and type of Stoker conveyor is illustrated on the through h p 35 0f he under rame to condrawing, in which, heat with the universal joint 36 carried by the Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal secpinion shaft 37. The opening 35 and its extension tional view through the locomotive tender of the 35a in the water compartment in effect constitute invention with some parts shown in section and a rearward and downwardly directed continua- 90 others in elevation; and tion of the conveyor compartment 17. Another Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on the opening at 38 is provided in the underframe opline 2-2" of Figure 1. posite the housing 26 to provide'access thereto. 10 represents the locomotive tender as a whole. It will be understood the opening 35 is of sufiie It is provided with awater bottom main undercient size to permit of maximum movement of 95;

frame 11 above which is disposed the body porthe telescopic drive shaft due to laterally swingtion 12 including the fuel bunker l3 and the water ing or other movement of the stoker conveyor. compartment 14. sloping partition plates as at To facilitate mounting or replacement of the 15 separate the bunker from the water compartmotor 30 a novel securing arrangement is proment and are arranged with upstanding plates vided and considered an important feature of my as at 16 to form a stoker conveyor compartment 1"! invention. This structure consists of a bracket above the underframe and beneath the fuel 40 depending from the underside of the main bunk r. Th floor f the c nvey r c mpartmen frame 11 and disposed transversely of one longiis o m by the p o p t portion 0f tudinal side portion to open sidewise of the ten- 0 the undefimme From thls descrlptlon W111 be der at or adjacent a sidewall thereof. The brackunderstood the conveyor compartment is water et may be f te ed to the main frame in any t ht d Separated from the a' Compartment. suitable manner or it may be formed integral A centrally d p aperture 9 in h fi r therewith. Bolts as at 41 hold the motor in a prethe fuel bunker provides communication between determined position on the floor or bottom 42 of the bunker and the conveyor compartment. The the bracket. This bottom or floor serves as a 113 skeleton framework of bars or angles or any other formation that in effect constitutes a guide or guideways for slidably mounting or replacing the motor from a side of the tender where more space is available for such work. than directly under the tender.

I claim:

1. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor mounted below said frame, and an extensible and contractible shaft operatively connecting the motor with the conveyor.

2. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker trough movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a conveyor screw in said trough, a housing at the rear of said trough, gearing in said housing connected to said screw, a shaft associated with the gearing and extending rearwardly of the housing, a universal joint carried by said shaft, a motor mounted underneath said frame and having a power shaft, a universal joint carried by the power shaft, and an extensible and contractible drive shaft extending between and being operatively connected to said universal joints for transmitting power from the motor to the gearing.

3. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor mounted underneath said frame, and means for transmitting power from the motor to the conveyor including gearing and an extensible and contractible drive shaft universally mounted at its remote ends.

4. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor mounted underneath said frame, and means for transmitting power from the motor to the conveyor including an extensible and contractible drive shaft universally mounted at its remote ends.

5. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor mounted underneath said frame, and extensible and contractible drive means connecting the motor with the conveyor.

6. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stolrer conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor positioned underneath said frame, extensible and contractible means connecting the motor with the conveyor, and a bracket depending from the frame for supporting said motor.

'7. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor movably mounted on the tender in communication with the bunker, a motor positioned underneath said frame, extensible and contractible means connecting the motor with the conveyor, and a bracket depending from the frame for supporting said motor, said bracket extending to one side of the tender forming a guideway for mounting or removing the motor.

8. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame in cluding a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor in commuiication with the bunker, a motor positioned underneath said frame, drive means connecting the motor with the conveyor, and a bracket de pending from the frame for supporting the motor, said bracket extending to one side of the tender forming a guideway for mounting or removing the motor.

9. In a locomotive tender, the combination of a base frame, a body portion above the frame including a fuel bunker, a stoker conveyor above said frame and in communication with the bunker, the underside of said frame having a guideway formed therewith and extending to a side of the tender, a motor disposed beneath said frame and positioned in the guideway, and drive means connecting the motor with the conveyor.

10. A locomotive tender base frame including a box-like casting having an upper wall and a lower wall, the upper and lower walls of said base frame adjacent the forward end thereof having an aperture therethrough providing access to stoker drive mechanism, said upper and lower Wall of said base frame at a point rearward of said named aperture having another aperture extending therethrough for housing a stoker drive shaft.

11. A locomotive tender base frame including a box-like casting having an upper wall and a lower wall, the upper and lower wall having an aperture extending therethrough for housing a stoker drive shaft, said aperture opening through the upper wall of said base frame forward of its opening in the lower wall.

JOHN W. MYERS. 

